The somatotopic organization of the ventroposterior thalamus of the squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 1984, Pages 111-140

  Kaas, J H ^a   Nelson, R J ^a,d   Sur, M ^a,e   Dykes, R W ^b   Merzenich, M M ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cutaneous representation; microelectrode mapping; ventroposterior inferior nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; SOMATOTOPY; THALAMUS VENTROPOSTERIOR NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; JOINTS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MUSCLES; SAIMIRI; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0021279005     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.902260109     Document Type: Article

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